history

Display or manipulate the shell command history.

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Syntax

$history [n]

Examples

$history

Examples

$history 20

Examples

$history | grep ssh

Examples

$history -c

See also

history HISTFILE

Shortcuts

rm -f /Volumes/homes/sebastian/Projekte/linuxcommand/cache/commands_cache.json && python3 find_duplicates.py (last command)

nslookup mail.yampp.de (command number n)

Typical use cases

Repeat commands

Search history

Increase productivity

Note Use !n to rerun entry n. History size is controlled by HISTSIZE and HISTFILE.

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